The Grenada gazette., 1887-06-18

gorgeous WaFuFODe Ill u ftut tTuilk.
! Mrs. Turner did not really think the
child could be so fond of her squash;
she longed to buy Tessy doll from a
city shop that should have an aspect of
humanity, and be good thing to dress
and undress, and pleasure to the
child for all her child life; but Mrs.
Turner had no money to spare for
trifles; however, she had given Tessy
Il white chicken when the little girl
was three years old, and as soon as it
began to lay the price of every egg
was laid aside for Tessy's doll 1t was
February now. and the pullets second
season of usefulness was just begin
ming; the squashes were all gone ex-
cept few round green Hubbarls, but
Mrs. Turner counted on enough eggs
of the white hen to sell before May to
increase the sum she had already so
much that she could buy the long-de.
sired doll. With this hope she COM
forted Tcssy. and held before the
child's Frightening eyes gorgeous
vision Of real dolly with arms and
legs and a rosy face. So Tessy huggcd
her kitten oftcner than ever, and
dreamed her day dreams of the coming
treasure, like older and wiser people
Now, while Tessy was crying and
being comforted, Enoch Turner was
wrangling out in the home-lot with
'Bijah Persons, who owned the next
farm. 'Bjah was the nearest man
in Dalton, as everybody said; stingy
even to his wife, though he had great
farm, and every year sold so much
corn, and hay, and wood. and apples,
that he laid up money in the bank.
But he half starved both Mrs. Persons
and the hired man. and disputed every
cent that was spent in the house, as if
he had been the poorest beggar.
He was very angry now with Enoch
Turner because he had not built his
part of the home-!ot fence as high rs
the part which was his own building.
You'd ought to ha' made it horse
high an bull strong" he shouted; for
being deaf himself he roared at every
body else. "'Tain't nuther now; and
I'll have it so ct there's mite O law
in Dllton.'
"Well, law me; dor screamed
Enoch. II shan't make it no highern
It's; fust place the amt no hoss nor no
buh KEEP inyour lot nor mine, save an
except my old gray mare, an she
couldn't no more jump over punkin
than she could over the moon; second
place, l haye'nt got no money to buy
rails, nor no wood-lot to chop 'cm out
Of. and that's the cend ont"
Not by long sight tisn't,' retorted
Biiah. "That are fence amt what it
had ought to be nohow; them rails is
old anyway; and ef l should want to
turn my black bull in there. they'd 60
down like cobweb, supposin'. he got
a mind to charge into EN-"
81 guess you won't never turn him
into your mowin' lot!' sneered Enoch,
off.
He knew very well that 'B.jah Per-
sons's black bull had to be kept in
barnyard with a high and strong plank
fence. and half the time chained to a
post by his nose ring, for twice 'B jah
had been made to pay damages for the
savage freaks of the creature.
But Enoch did not know that 'Bijah
had taken couple of young colts for
debt. and expected another year to
turn his moving lot into pasture. So
thc men each went home, cross rs pos
,ible about few rods Of fence, and
Iessy, conf ,rted and smiling. never
thought that her precious "real' dolly
could be endangered by anything.
Mrs. Persons and Mrs. Turner were
good friends, as neighbors should be,
but they did not visit each other
,ften. 'Bijah did not believe in W omen
''goin' gaddin'.' as he said; and with
Ill the work OF her dairy, her house.
md her garden to do, she had little
lime to go abroad; and it was just so
with Mrs. Turner, for thou ,h she only
had one COW and dozen hens, she
had Tessy to make and mend for, to
watch and wait on. and rarely even
went to the sewing circle Of the church
On that account. But shortly after
May set in. Mrs. Turner found that
The money for the doll amounted to a
lollar and half; surely enough to
buy a beautiful baby for her pet; and
one afternoon. when Enoch had taken
Tessy into the lot where he was plant
ing corn, the mother put on her Sum
day gown aud went over to the sewing
circle. that met that afternoon at Mrs.
Persons house. While they were roll
Ing tho quilt she heard Mrs. Persons
say: "Ycs, he heercd to-lay that his
uncle was dead; down to Hartford;
and he calc'lates to 60 the funeral TO-
morrcr, bcin' one Of the heirs. We're
nrOin' IN Ii,Ie Ovar and cn,no hack